Samsara
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QualityEngineerSafetyFirmware
“Quality Engineer - Safety Firmware at Samsara. Skills: Firmware validation, RTOS embedded software, Test automation, AI integration. Plan validation for embedded firmware. Automate validation for embedded firmware”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve coverage; Improve signal; Improve release confidence
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of professional experience in embedded systems, firmware validation, or closely related hardware–software integration testing, Hands-on experience testing RTOS-based embedded software (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or equivalent), including familiarity with common debug interfaces, logging, and on-target instrumentation, Proficiency in Python (or a similar language) for test automation, tooling, and log/data analysis, Experience with Git and CI/CD systems (Jenkins, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent), including integrating automated tests into pipelines and triaging flakes from real failures, Hands-on experience building with AI — for example, integrating LLMs into test automation, developer tooling, or log validating ML-powered or shipping internal tools that leverage AI APIs, Comfort using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc. ) as part of your daily workflow, written communication and organization across test plans, bug reports, runbooks, and cross-team handoffs, Ability to drive well-defined projects independently while escalating ambiguity and cross-team blockers appropriately
Nice to Have
Experience with wireless stacks and/or vehicle/industrial buses (e. g. BLE, Wi‑Fi, cellular, GPS, CAN), Exposure to HIL, device farms, or protocol analyzers / bus tools, Familiarity with metrics for quality (defect density, escape analysis, flaky-test tracking) and driving incremental improvements, Comfort operating in Linux environments and command-line workflows for devices and automation
What You'll Do.
Plan validation for embedded firmware
Automate validation for embedded firmware
Execute validation for embedded firmware
Partner with firmware teams
Partner with hardware teams
Partner with AI/ML teams
Partner with product teams
Improve release confidence
Continuously improve testing
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with firmware, hardware, AI/ML, and product teams; Cross-team handoffs
Communication Scope
Written communication; Organization
Process & Methodology
Drive well-defined projects independently, Escalate ambiguity, Escalate cross-team blockers
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